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Close Your Eyes and See

I saw a poster the other day and it said we close our eyes to kiss, cry and dream. Unfortunately it did not sink in until I get frustrated, took a breath and closed my eyes. The wheels began to spin and I began to look back at some of the times in my life which truly molded me. From anger to yearning all of these (good or bad) held one simple tick: I closed my eyes. From birth we are taught to close your eyes and magic happens. Fast forward to puberty and we (thanks to Hollywood and sappy love stories) hold our breath, close our eyes and hope our kiss is requited. Then I began to remember the bad, the conflicts the anger and those times in which the monster looked back at me; and there is it. No matter how bad there always seemed to be that split second of clarity gleaned from my eyes being closed. Then we come to the core of ourselves, the inner spiritual realm that grounds use. No matter what we believe, feel or think we all close our eyes and ask for help. Now I am at a purely existential quandary! Let’s start over, from the second we begin life we are evolving. For several months of our lives we are forming without sight. Nature gave us the ability to compensate for a lost sense by increasing others yet I feel it truly a deeper inner peace that we are over looking. WTF? Stop and think for a second at how grounded and calm you feel after you stop, close your eyes and breathe. Is it that when our eyes are closed we see our true selves? It the darkness a calming soothing relief from life? Does the lack of sight allow us to slow down and think? Many questions with many answers; yet all true and valid. So when we hope we close our eyes, when we ask for help we close our eyes, when our heart flutters we close our eyes and when we rest to dream we close our eyes. Amazing how one simple act can calm, inspire and ground us while helping us to reach our goals and aspirations. I guess I gotta start paying attention to when I close my eyes and really accept that I need it. It is built in us to close our eyes when danger is near, no thought needed pure reaction and happens in a split second. Now we begin to see the value of closing our eyes: to protect us, focus us and give us the spark to drive on. Still a load of BS and I am merely taking up your time with yet another wasted blog? When fear or anger come to your life: take a second to see if closing your eyes works. Give it a try and pay attention to how often you already do it. One sight begets another and all we are is in our heads so close your eyes and have a look!

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